With her financial situation so precarious, Paige Tennant has walked right into Nikolas Petronides' hands. It's obvious that he's not forgiven her for walking out on him years ago. But what else could she have done after he'd shockinglyand unfairlyaccused her of using her youthful beauty and innocence to extract money from him!

Once a welcome guest in his Greek island home, now Paige is to return as a lowly paid employee. What, exactly, is Nikolas expecting for his money ?

Olivia found the comfort and passion she craved in the arms of South American tycoon Christian Rodrigues. She found something else that she'd always longed for, as wellafter one night of reckless passion, Olivia discovered she was expecting Christian's child!

But Olivia had good reasons for keeping news of her pregnancy from the world, and from Christian. However, she hadn't reckoned on his determination to find her and continue their relationship. Perhaps Olivia could still keep their baby secret, but only if she denied that she still ached for Christian's touch .

The last person Olivia expected to see when she returned to her hometown was her ruggedly handsome ex-husband. Joel Armstrong was the reason she'd stayed away so long. The breakup of their marriage had been swift, but the scars were raw.

Searing desire still flared between them. But how could they indulge it again when their passion had led to an unexpected pregnancy, with an equally unexpected twist?

Susannah had met Fernando Cuevas in London, and in a whirlwind romance had fallen wildly and irrevocably in love with him. She could hardly believe it when Fernando, on what seemed to be an unconvincing excuse, ended it all, and disappeared out of her life as quickly as he had come into it.

The only thing to do, Susannah decided, was to make a new life for herself, so she took a job as governess to a young Spanish girl which would take her to live in Spain for a while. She was horrified, on arriving at her destination, to realise that the child was Fernando's daughter; that he was very much married; and that she was going to meet him again at any moment. What was she to do now?

Six years ago Julie's world had turned upside down; she had married Michael Pemberton and left Englandand Robert.

Now Michael was dead, and Julie and her small daughter, Emma, had come home againonly to learn that Michael had appointed Robert as the child's guardian. As luck would have it, Emma took to her uncle at oncebut Julie was afraid of her own heart. True, he would soon marry the so suitable Pamela Hillingdon, but that only added to the agony. Julie was soon forced to admit that her attraction to Robert was as wild and strong as ever.

Patrick had warned her: "If you marry me there's no going back. If you decide you don't like Venezuela, I doubt if I could ever bear to let you go. Our marriage is a contract, and our commitment to that marriage can be based on nothing less than a lifetime."

But that was before he knew that Ruth had tricked him into marrying herhad made him feel like a fool.

Necessity forced Joanna Seton to accept a position as governess to Jake Sheldon's daughter. She set out for Ravensgarth, his farm in the Lake District, with a determination to make the best of what she found.

What she found was a man whose scarred face reflected his battered lifewho had cut himself off from all social contacts. His daughter, too, had suffered. She was a wild, uncontrollable child.

Even though both of them seemed to hate her, Joanna's heart went out to these two survivors of past tragedy!

It was only desperation that had brought Dionne back to the Camargue, that remote, still little-known part of southern France that had been so importantand so tragica part of her life three years ago.

Back she had to come to the Mas St. Salvador, and to Manoel, who hadn't wanted her before and who had even less reason to want her now. Back to Manoel's old grandmother, who had been fond of her, to Manoel's mother, who had hated her; to Yvonne, who was by now certainly his wife. How could she face them all?

It was only the thought of Jonathan, who needed her and was more important to her than Manoel, that would get her through. For only Manoel could help her and Jonathan now